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ADVENT MUSIC SERIES, 2025
Wednesdays in December at 12:15
December 3, 10, and 17 in the Nave
Take a break from the hustle and bustle of the holiday season this December, and plan to attend Trinity's Advent recital series. This year, we have an eclectic mix of music throughout three Wednesdays.
On December 3rd, we welcome two members of Asheville Baroque, Gail Schroeder, viola da gamba and Rosalind Buda, bassoon. On December 10th Pan Harmonia will play, consisting of flutist Kate Steinbeck and harpist Jessica Schaeffer. And finally on December 17th, one of the finest organists in WNC, Tate Addis of First Baptist Asheville will share his talents. The recitals are free to attend, and will be followed each week by lunch in Tuton Hall for a nominal fee ($7.00).
DECEMBER 3
ASHEVILLE BAROQUE
featuring Gail Schroeder, Viola da Gamba and Rosalind Buda, Bassoon
Gail Ann Schroeder studied viola da gamba performance at the Royal
Conservatory of Music, Brussels, Belgium, with Wieland Kuijken, obtaining her First Prize and Higher Diploma, with distinction; and subsequently taught viola da gamba, pedagogy and directed the viol consort there from 1988 to 2002. Ms. Schroeder has performed extensively as soloist and in various chamber music ensembles, participating in numerous radio and television productions, and on CD recordings for such labels as DHM, Sony Classical, Ricercar and Erato. Ms. Schroeder is in demand as a teacher and ensemble coach at workshops for the Viola da Gamba Society of America, the Amherst Early Music Festival and Mountain Collegium. Currently living in North Carolina, she teaches privately, free- lances on viola da gamba and is artistic director of Asheville Baroque Concerts.
Rosalind Buda is a classically trained bassoonist, Celtic musician, and sought after teacher, based in North Carolina. She performs and teaches throughout the US. Rosalind holds an MM from The New England Conservatory of Music where she studied bassoon performance with Boston Symphony principal Richard Svoboda. She studied with Benjamin Coelho at the University of Iowa where she earned her BM.
Rosalind performs with symphonies and ensembles across the Southeast and has appeared at festivals and concerts throughout the US. Praised for her “powerful and sensuous tone” and “sumptuous lyricism”, Rosalind connects audiences to the beauty and depth of her music.
DECEMBER 10
pan harmonia
featuring kate steinbeck, flute; jessica schaeffer, harp
Asheville harpist Jessica Schaeffer started her career as an adventurous professional freelance harpist in the San Francisco Bay Area. Memorable moments from the last 20 years include playing principal harp with the National Symphony Orchestra of Bolivia, recording two albums with the harp-and-bassoon duo“The Harpoons”, and collaborating with The Broken Consort, a nationally-touring experimental chamber ensemble. Forging relationships with local and regional ensembles and composers, Jessica has garnered a reputation as a reliable, consummate musician and skilled, creative collaborator.
Jessica was one of the top entertainment harpists in the greater bay area with a wide-ranging repertoire, tasteful arrangements of popular music, and general versatility. She has played for celebrities and for those without a home. She has played for audiences of two up to 20,000. She has worn ball gowns for black-tie events and performed for events where the suggested attire is "athleisure";. She has
played San Francisco from top to bottom. (Literally. Everything from cocktails on the top of the Salesforce tower to busking at BART). Jessica was also part of the harp team at UCSF medical center, lead by bay area harpist Laura Simpson, which provides live harp music in the hospitals 4 hours a day, five days a week. Whether your event is a wedding at the Biltmore or a corporate gathering at the Grove
Park Inn, or even an intimate dinner for friends in West Asheville, Jessica delivers the perfect music for your special moments.
Jessica's other great passion is sharing the power and joy of music-making with people of all ages. She served on faculty at Holy Names University Preparatory Music Program and maintains private teaching studios in Asheville and online. She is also a certified Dalcroze Education instructor, a wide-ranging somatic-based method that continually informs and inspires her own practice as a performer and
teacher.
Originally from the Dayton, Ohio area, Jessica's formal education includes Interlochen Center for the Arts, Aspen Music Festival, Northwestern University (B.M.), Longy School of Music (M.M. & Dalcroze Education Certification).
A little about Kate Steinbeck, in her words: I am a flutist, music producer, flute teacher and mother living in Asheville, NC. I love connecting with people and exploring other cultures. love to travel, especially with my children. I love learning languages. I speak German and French, and I am learning Spanish.
I began playing flute in a public-school music program in Western North Carolina. From then on, I was hooked! After high school, I went to Baldwin-Wallace University in Ohio to study flute with a amazing teacher, William Hebert, who played in the Cleveland Orchestra. After college, I won a Fulbright Grant to study in Belgium. After several years in Europe, I moved to California for graduate studies at the San Francisco Conservatory.
I moved back to these mountains in 1997. In 1999, I created Pan Harmonia, a music company which has presented over 400 concerts all around the Southeast. I love sharing music with people of all ages and walks of live. Music truly is universal. Its beauty ennobles our world and has the power to affect people and change lives. It is both an individual and communal mode of expressing that for which words do not suffice. To me, music is the closest expression to connect with the Divine that we as humans have.
DECEMBER 17
Tate addis, organ
Organist Tate Addis’ performances have been described as ‘spectacular’ and acclaimed for their ‘deeply communicative musicality,’ leading the Kansas City Star to write, ‘this organist has the right stuff.’ His recent solo performances have taken him to Atlanta, Boston, Cleveland, Detroit, Kansas City, Los Angeles, New York City, Philadelphia, Princeton, Washington, D.C., the Bloomfield Organ Series at Wichita State University, and to Austria, Germany, and the Netherlands.
Additionally, his performances have been broadcast in North America on American Public Media’s Pipedreams and in Europe on Radio Klassik Stephansdom.
A church musician since his childhood, Tate has held positions at New York City’s Brick Presbyterian Church, Second Presbyterian Church in Kansas City, and the Yale Berkeley Divinity School in New Haven. Currently, he serves as Associate Director of Music and Organist at First Baptist Church in Asheville, North Carolina, where he collaborates with the Pastor for Music and Worship in a comprehensive music program, directs the youth and adult handbell ensembles, and teaches organ and piano in the church’s Academy for the Arts.
He is also the Artist-in-Residence at St. James Episcopal Church in Hendersonville, North Carolina, where he performs annual organ recitals and accompanies the St. James Choir in their Evensong services. He is the collaborative artist for the Blue Ridge Consort, a professional vocal ensemble serving Western North Carolina, and serves as Assistant Director and Accompanist for the Asheville Symphony Chorus.As a collaborative pianist, he has performed with violinists Daniel Hope and Benny Kim, tenor Vinson Cole, and cellist Yo-Yo Ma. Tate Addis holds degrees from Wichita State University, the University of Missouri – Kansas City, Yale University, and Oberlin Conservatory. His principal teachers were James David Christie, Lynne Davis, Thomas Murray, Andrew Trechak, and Robert Weirich. Additional studies were with Marie-Louise Langlais and Roman Summereder, and in masterclasses with Leon Fleisher and Jerome Lowenthal.Tate makes his home in Asheville with his wife, Rev. Laura Addis, and their daughter, Maggie.